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"The committee finds ... that munitions companies ... have an interest in the continuance of the arms race and in the failure of efforts to limit armaments."

Source

The Nye Committee — 'Merchants of Death' Munitions Hearings

Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry (Nye Committee), U.S. Senate, 1934–36

Author

U.S. Senate (Sen. Gerald Nye, chair)

Date

1934–1936

Credibility & evidentiary value

Official U.S. Senate hearings that DOCUMENTED arms-industry profiteering (including the Du Pont companies) around WWI. Primary government record; its policy conclusions were debated, the testimony is on the record.

Citation · Chicago

U.S. Senate, Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry (Nye Committee), Reports, 1934–1936.

Used in topics

Historical AnalysisThe Du Pont Dynasty & the 'Merchants of Death'

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